On October 8, 2011, Democrats Abroad France held an event titled “Voices for Obama” at the Nikki Diana Marquandt Gallery in Paris. One of the speakers was the American author Jake Lamar. This clip is a shortened version of his talk. (Recorded at the Atelier de la Main d’Or, October 2011.)

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Extra-judicial killings, expanded use of drones and deep bows to those who gave us our great recession apparently are now a part of being an anti-war / progressive, wow. Apperantly Frank-Dodd and the UN now are Obama too. Enjoy those empty calories from Obama. Peh.

I almost voted for Obama. I am thankful that I did not get swept up in the theatre of it all.
When will people realize that buying in to the false right left paradigm is the same as arguing over coke and pepsi. Sure, one is sweeter than the other, but they both will kill you in the end.

This is the president who would force you to buy a consumer product. Who after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize expanded the wars into four more countries, extended the patriot act. . .
And my favorite, will not veto the indefinite detention bill that passed this week, allowing for the U.S. military to arrest and detain citizens on American soil without any charge because the U.S. is now legally defined as a battle field.
Oh I forgot about the all Wall Street cabinet. Just look at what they did before he hired them.
Come on folks, it is time to stop defending a system that is intentionally broken.
Elephant or Donkey, they are in it to control the public and inflate the super rich, whether they know it or not. Not the 1%, but the.1% that we need to worry about.
Please stop clinging to ideology and study some history,
Washington is professional wrestling, how else would Rick Perry be considered a legitimate candidate?
The government is not your friend.

I voted for Obama, and will again. I loved Lamar's speech…so encouraging! I think many people are so caught up in what is still broken or difficult, that they forget to celebrate everything that he's done. Imagine how things would be if we had McCain & Palin in the White House right now! Frightening!